Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lakjaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *lekaną (“to leak”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑk.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lakjaną

1. To cause to wet; moisten

Inflection

Conjugation of *lakjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lakjō	*lakjaų	—	*lakjai	?
2nd singular	*lakisi	*lakjais	*laki	*lakjasai	*lakjaisau
3rd singular	*lakiþi	*lakjai	*lakjaþau	*lakjaþai	*lakjaiþau
1st dual	*lakjōs	*lakjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*lakjaþiz	*lakjaiþiz	*lakjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*lakjamaz	*lakjaim	—	*lakjanþai	*lakjainþau
2nd plural	*lakiþ	*lakjaiþ	*lakiþ	*lakjanþai	*lakjainþau
3rd plural	*lakjanþi	*lakjain	*lakjanþau	*lakjanþai	*lakjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lakidǭ	*lakidēdį̄
2nd singular	*lakidēz	*lakidēdīz
3rd singular	*lakidē	*lakidēdī
1st dual	*lakidēdū	*lakidēdīw
2nd dual	*lakidēdudiz	*lakidēdīdiz
1st plural	*lakidēdum	*lakidēdīm
2nd plural	*lakidēdud	*lakidēdīd
3rd plural	*lakidēdun	*lakidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*lakjandz	*lakidaz

Related terms

• *lakō
• *lekaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *lakkjan
  • Old English: leċċan
    • Middle English: *lecchen, *lechen
      • English: leach
  • Old Frisian: *letza, lekka
    • Saterland Frisian: läkke
    • West Frisian: lekke
  • Old Saxon: *lekkian
    • Middle Low German: lecken, legkken
      • German Low German: lecken
      • → Danish: lække
        • Norwegian Bokmål: lekke
  • Old Dutch: *lecken
    • Middle Dutch: lecken
      • Dutch: lekken
        • Afrikaans: lek
  • Old High German: lekken, lecken
    • Middle High German: lecken
      • German: lecken